Here are just a few things that Rochester seems to have that Boston doesn't:
- Wegmans
- A dedicated jazz radio station (Boston just has NPR and Emerson College)
- Coffee shops everywhere
- weekly contra dancing
Boston has some really great things though. For example:
- bike lanes and "sharrows" that show motorists that bikes belong in the road with them (I haven't gotten beeped or sworn at yet in Boston!)
- thousands of externally beautiful apartment buildings.
- the churches that we are considering are very focused on outreach.
- playgrounds and spraygrounds every 2-4 blocks.
Boston also has some things I didn't expect as much. For example:
- The T (aka the metro) is really slow on off-hours. I can walk 2.5 miles faster than I can go someplace making one connection.
- There are a decent number of homeless people who work the streets.
- The traffic is unlike other cities. Until you know all the unwritten rules of Boston driving you aren't that safe on the road.
Oh, the traffic in Boston. Arricka once told me that sometimes the college kids remove street signs just for fun. Something like they think -- if you don't already know all the roads, you don't belong on the road!
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